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/19 <br />October 19, 2021 <br />ITEM 14.A. <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Members of the Board of County Commissioners <br />DATE: October 8, 2021 <br />SUBJECT: Chapter 164 Mediation Update, October, 2021 <br />FROM: Joseph E. Flescher, Chairman <br />Commissioner, District 2 <br />BACKGROUND <br />On September 8, 2021, the City Council of the City of Vero Beach and the Indian River <br />County Board of County Commissioners participated in a joint public meeting under <br />Chapter 164, Florida Statutes. At that meeting, the City Council and the Board of County <br />Commissioners agreed to schedule at least one more meeting on this topic and to <br />delegate Mayor Robert Brackett, City Manager Monte Falls and City Attorney John <br />Turner, along with myself, County Administrator Jason Brown and County Attorney Dylan <br />Reingold, to attend such meetings. <br />On October 6, 2021, the parties participated in a meeting at the Council Chambers at the <br />City of Vero Beach City Hall. At the conclusion of the meeting both Mayor Brackett and <br />myself agreed to bring an agenc'a item back to our respective boards on October 19th to <br />discuss the willingness of the two elected bodies to consider further negotiation of terms <br />that would allow the County to serve water and wastewater to the Town of Indian River <br />Shores. <br />I seek input from my colleagues on this issue. <br />92 <br />